Update 0.10.3 also brings the release of the full Italian Battleships tech tree, alongside visual and UI updates.

Wargaming, developer and publisher of the widely popular, free to play naval combat game World of Warships (WoWS), has today launched Update 0.10.3 to live servers with a whole host of new content to sink into.

Introducing: The German Destroyers
Headlining this update are the brand new German Destroyers which hits early access for players to take the helm and test out this new arsenal. In this first phase of the rollout, tiers VII to IX will be available, with tier X to be made available in future updates.

Players will be able to captain the Tier VII Z-31, Tier VIII Gustav Julius Maerker, and the Tier IX F. Schultz. The scourge of the Cruiser class, these ships will have incredibly accurate main battery guns with powerful AP shells, good HP pools, and long ranged torpedoes to take down heavily armoured targets.

The Return of the Hamburg Dockyard
The Hamburg Dockyard is back, and with it a brand new Tier IX German destroyer to build: the IX ZF-6. Construction of this ship comprises 22 phases, the first four of which focus on the development of schemes and diagrams before the actual build process begins. The IX ZF-6 will be unlocked with War Paint camouflage, a Commander with 10 skill points, a Port slot, and a commemorative flag. For more details of the IX ZF-6, and the other German Destroyers coming to World of Warships, see the full patch notes here.

Italian Battleships: Full Release
With the release of this update, the all new Italian battleships finally launch out of early access and will be available for all players to research. For a full overview of the tech tree, and the ships which have been making waves over the past two updates, see the full patch notes.

Watch the World of Warships 0.10.3: German Destroyers. Part 1 trailer HERE.

Alongside the barrage of new content in this update, the team has made a number of visual enhancements and quality of life improvements to the Commander’s interface, as well as updated Daily Rewards.

For full details on everything above, full developer notes can be found here.

Visit the official World of Warships website now for more game info and to sign up to play World of Warships for free!

The latest Early Access update for Comanche features a brand new single-player mode called “Conflicts” which offers challenging missions to master. Conflicts Mode is a set of various single-player missions, separate from the story campaign. In each mission, you will have to fulfill specific requirements in order to get all of the medals for that particular challenge. Only after earning all of the medals, will you be able to unlock the next mission.

“Each medal provides its challenge, so players truly need to master their skills. Also, missions have distinctive objectives and it is up to players how they accomplish them.” – Petr Kolář, Ashborne Games Studio Manager

Check out the Conflicts Trailer HERE.

EA Update 7: Conflicts includes:

• New single-player game mode: Conflicts
• Conflict mission – Operation: Itzal
• Conflict mission – Operation: Purple Nemi
• Conflict mission – Operation: Terhen
• Added functional cockpits with instruments
• Changed Comanche behavior as all the helicopters are more agile
• New Conflicts UI in Play menu
• Each mission has its own loading screen

You can find the full patch notes HERE.

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Find out more about Comanche from the games official website.

From extreme-range distances to up-close-and-personal, CI Games’ setting for SGWC 2 offers plenty of ways to approach your targets.

Following last month’s exciting gameplay reveal for Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2, CI Games is excited to share a closer look at the highly anticipated sequel’s setting: Kuamar. This bombastic trailer gives players a look at the variety of sandboxes they’ll complete their contracts in as they snipe, sneak, and firefight with adversaries in the best looking Sniper Ghost Warrior game thus far. Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 launches on June 4th, 2021 for PS5, PS4, Xbox SeriesX/S, Xbox One and PC.

After a feverish response to the exclusive weapons and skins revealed for the physical edition of Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2, CI is expanding the rewards to the digital edition, which can be pre-ordered now on Steam. Everyone who pre-orders SGWC 2 will receive:

• Marcus Tactical: A light sniper rifle with great stability
• FFF-45 ACP Luring Pistol: A side arm with special luring ammo
• Rock AS100: A punishing magazine-fed shotgun, that fires buckshot or slugs
• Blue Servers Skin
• Warning Stripes Skin

Kuamar is an original setting in the modern day Middle East, nestled between the Lebanese and Syrian borders. A brutal dictatorship, led by President Omar Al-Bakr and his wife, Bibi Rashida, has controlled the region for over 20 years… and their reign must now be stopped. With intel from Control, players take on the role of Raven, executing contracts across all-new locations in an attempt to topple this insidious criminal organization and bring them to justice.

Kuamar will provide players with a variety of sniper paradises, evolving the sandbox level and objective design fans loved in the first Contracts release. In Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2, there are 5 distinct maps that can be approached however a player wishes. Realistic weapons and gadgets are unlocked throughout the campaign, whilst upgrade points can be used to obtain and upgrade skills to create a custom playstyle. As players expand their arsenals and improve their skills, they can revisit each contract with different approaches to collect more rewards.

With Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2, CI Games is setting a new bar for its best-selling first person sniper franchise of all time, with 1000m+ extreme-range sniping (a record for the franchise), expansive sandbox-style maps, realistic gadgets and weapons, and upgraded visuals and gameplay engine that make this the best Sniper experience yet.

Pre-orders for physical editions on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One are available now from selected retailers, while PC players can pre-order SGWC 2 on Steam right now. All pre-orders include an exclusive weapons and skins bonus pack. Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 will launch at £34,99.

For more information about Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2, head to the games official website.

Patriot’s Viper VP4300 is a premium PCIe 4.0 SSD powered by InnoGrit’s new controller

By Sean Webster @ Tom’s Hardware

Patriot’s Viper VP4300 pumps out fast sequential speeds of up to 7.4 / 6.8 GBps read/write and features wicked good looks, making it a top contender for our best SSDs list. Whether you’re loading up the latest Call of Duty update or scrubbing 4K or 8K content, Patriot’s Viper VP4300 delivers responsive performance. And with two optional cooling solutions included, it will keep cool and look cool during the most strenuous tasks you can throw its way.

Read the Review Here

Source: TechPowerUp!

NVIDIA has released the latest version of GeForce Game Ready drivers. Version 466.11 WHQL comes with optimization for “Mortal Shell,” including support for raytracing and DLSS. The drivers also add NVIDIA Reflex support for “Valorant” with its latest patch. The drivers also integrate NVIDIA Broadcast noise reduction feature into OBS. The list of monitors with support for NVIDIA G-SYNC grows, with the addition of LG’s 2021 G1, B1, C1, and Z1 series monitors; and the MSI MAG301RF.

Among the bugs fixed with GeForce 466.11 drivers are low frame-rates on “Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander 2,” RAW files showing up black on Adobe Lightroom; “Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 VR” stuttering on machines with hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling disabled; and some displays showing incorrect color levels after booting into Windows.

You can download the GeForce 466.11 WHQL Game Ready drivers via GeForce.com.

Check out these latest hardware announcements for today from around the web. Also included are some hardware news bits, and on some days, a few rumors tossed in for good measure. Click on the links below to read the official press release, visit the products web page, or to an independent news source.

• Turtle Beach’s Best-Selling Recon 70 Gaming Headset Now Available In Arctic Camo
• ASRock Launches the Radeon RX 6900 XT OC Formula 16GB Graphics Cards
• Antec Announces P82 Silent Mid-tower Case
• PowerColor Offers Radeon RX 6900 XT Liquid Devil Ultimate and Red Devil Ultimate
• Patriot Viper Announces VP4300 M.2 Gen4 SSD Series
• BIOSTAR Announces B550T-Silver Motherboard
• Thermalright Offers Black Side Flow with Dual Fan Cooler Called Peerless Assassin 120 Black
• Corsair One Gaming PC Gets Two New Variants
• G.SKILL Announces New High-End Trident Z Royal Elite Series DDR4 Memory
• Gigabyte AORUS 4K OLED Tactical Gaming Monitors Revealed
• SPC Gear Announces GK650K Omnis Full-size Keyboard
• Silicon Power Announces XPOWER Zenith DDR4 Series
• ASUS Releases GeForce RTX 3090 (2400 USD) and 3070 (999 USD) Fitted with EKWB Water Block
• be quiet! Introduces Fully Modular Pure Power 11 FM, Upgrades SFX and TFX Models
• MSI Introduces the Optix MAG342CQ Monitor: 34″ VA, UWQHD, 1500R, 144 Hz, 1 ms, Adaptive Sync
• Spire Launches Value Eagleforce 80 Plus Certified Power Supplies
• Antec Readies Mercury V2 Line of AIO Liquid CPU Coolers

Panzer Division Games has released a first gameplay video of their game Attack at Dawn: North Africa. In the hour-long video, the designer Tomislav Čipčić shows in depth how to play the game in one small but exciting historical scenario – Operation Battleaxe.

To quote the designer: “We wanted to show the players the intensity, dynamics and historical accuracy of the game we’re making. And we chose one of the most interesting operations in the WW2 North African theater – operation Battleaxe. The players will be able to see how to move and fight, how to order air strikes and call in the artillery support, how to plan and redeploy their forces. We hope that this video will give the future players more insight and hopefully raise interest in our game.”

Watch the gameplay video HERE.

About The Game
Attack at Dawn: North Africa is an operational level wargame set in WW2 North African theatre. It features 3 campaigns, and 15 scenarios which can be played in solo or multiplayer modes. It can be played as a real-time, or turn-based (WeGo) game. The game begins with the German troops probing into the Libyan region of Cyrenaica, and finishes either with the total defeat of German-Italian Panzer Armee, or with the British loss of Egypt and their retreat across the Suez Canal.

For more game information, please visit the official Attack at Dawn: North Africa website, or you can visit the games Steam page.

Patches are In! This is a Must Have!

Another Year of Upgrades, Fixes and Additions have arrived.

First, DO NOT apply the upgrade patches while in the midst of a secure PBEM game as the game will fail. The 2021 winSPWW2 v 9.0 – v. 14.0 consolidation patch will upgrade v. 9.0 or above to v. 14.0 and the 2021 winSPMBT v. 10.0 – v 15.0 patch will upgrade v. 10.0 and up to v.15.0.

Available for immediate download, these two patches are loaded, fully loaded. So, let’s take a look at what the great guys at Camo Workshop have added…

winSPMBT, upgraded to version 15.0 includes:

• 2 New Scenarios
• 32 Revised/Updated Scenarios
• 1 New Campaign
• 2 Revised/Updated Campaigns
• 26 New or Revised Map files
• 77 New or Revised OOB Photos
• 47 New or Revised vehicle/aircraft Icons
• 93 Updated OOB Files
• 15 New or Revised Icon files
• 104 New or Revised Text files

And winSPWW2, upgraded to version 14.0 has:

• 9 New Scenarios
• 86 Revised/Updated Scenarios
• 7 New/Updated Campaigns
• 9 Revised Campaigns due to OOB changes
• 1 New map
• 261 New or Revised OOB Photos
• 36 Updated OOB files
• 46 New or Updated Graphic SHP files
• 504 New or Revised vehicle/aircraft Icons
• 353 New or Revised Encyclopaedia/Help Text files
• 3 New/Revised sound files

Head on over to the Shrapnel Games website and check out the press release detailing the full list of changes in these two great games!

A new episode of the Warplan Pacific Tour is now available. Find out how Air and Naval specialties allow you to adapt your units and enable them to excel situationally. In addition, some specialist roles have also been added, such as the “screening” role, which focuses on dealing with hostile air threats. Warplan Pacific has also made some systemic changes to how shipyards work, to better represent the Pacific War.

Episode #5, Air and Naval Specialties

Remember, the official PDF manual is now available! You can download it here.

For more information on Warplan Pacific, you can check out our product page on Matrix Games.

Warplan Pacific, the second game in the Warplan series, will be released on April 29th.

By Meng Vang @ Legit Reviews

With several key features from the Corsair K100 series, the K70 RGB TKL mechanical gaming keyboard is built towards competitive gaming with AXON 8000Hz Hyper-polling and Cherry MX switches. It also includes standard bottom row PBT double-shot keycaps, a tournament mode switch, and dedicated media hotkeys with a volume roller. With its tenkeyless design, detachable USB Type-C cable, and 8MB of onboard memory for up to 50 profiles, this makes the K70 RGB TKL a very portable keyboard to bring to the next competition. The light-weight aluminum frame also helps with portability and durability. With an MSRP of $139.99, we will go through the features and specifications of this keyboard.

Read the Review Here